SFUO referendum on CFS: results
* Thanks to Philippe Marchand for posting them as a comment on the site.* Yes 3328No 3086Spoiled 67 – My thoughts on the process coming in a blog post later today.…
It’s Vanier Cup day!
(Apologies for the last-second nature of this post) TUNE IN for the aftergame show, streaming live after the game. I will be a guest, speaking my mind live online and will respond to commentary immediately following my on-air segment. (Link at the bottom of the post) Today is…
Counting is slow in SFUO CFS vote
No results expected until tomorrow morning. Watch for my blog post about that time as well.…
Some tough questions
Yesterday, it was revealed the York Federation of Students president had left his campus to campaign for the Canadian Federation of Students in Ottawa. (Read the article here) Today, the YFS explained why they went to Ottawa. Jeremy Salter, YFS’ executive director, wrote on Facebook: “We had made…
York student president ‘doing everything he can’… from Ottawa
The strike by teaching assistants, graduate assistants, and contract faulty at York University is going into its third week, yet there is still no end in sight as 50,000 students are left wondering if anyone is representing their interests. See also: Full Maclean’s OnCampus coverage of the York…
Students take a stand on York U strike
It almost felt like a regular academic day at York University, with multiple rallies occurring at suburban Toronto campus. However, instead of the usual Israeli/Palestinian rallies, students were rallying against or for a strike by CUPE 2903, which has kept 50,000 students out of classes for the better…
Photo slideshow: Rallies at York University
York University was the scene of two rallies today; one rally calling for an immediate end to the ten day old CUPE 3903 strike organized by students, and a second rally to show solidarity with CUPE 3903.…
This bus isn’t going anywhere
And they say nothing interesting happens at the University of Manitoba…
Competing rallies at York University
York University is the scene of two rallies today. One rally anti-strike rally organized by York students occurred at 10am. I estimate a crowd of about 75 people in attendance. A crowd of approximately 200 people attended. There is a second pro-union rally organized by the University of…
Students to protest York University strike
This morning, hundreds* of York University students are expected to converge on their suburban campus to protest a two-week-old strike by teaching assistants, contract faculty, and graduate assistants. The students are demanding that the Ontario government intervene with back-to-work legislation so they do not suffer from, among other…